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METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.



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a: alternating-current ~
b: a-locomotive-travelling-on-a-single-line

Writer: A welsh man --Date: March 29, 2023

a: alternating-current ~
b: a-hand-saw

Writer: Pentium100 --Date: March 29, 2023

a: glutamate ~
b: a-cheerleader

Writer: Adrienne Dellwo --Date: March 29, 2023


a: cheating ~
b: relationship-napalm

Writer: Kristen Sollee --Date: March 29, 2023

a: torque ~
b: amount-of-sand-per-shovelful

Writer: JimGnitecki --Date: March 29, 2023

a: student-debt ~
b: anemia

Writer: Matt Leichter --Date: March 29, 2023


a: student-debt ~
b: a-schoolyard-bully

Writer: Joe Mihalic --Date: March 29, 2023

a: student-debt ~
b: quicksand

Writer: Charles Schumer, D-NY --Date: March 29, 2023

a: holy-spirit ~
b: a-man-with-a-lamp

Writer: Ian Thomas --Date: March 29, 2023


a: a-savings-account ~
b: a-working-desk

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 29, 2023

a: student-loan ~
b: noose-around-your-neck

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 29, 2023

a: motor-cortex ~
b: keyboard

Writer: Martini, Frederic Et Al --Date: March 29, 2023


a: bullying ~
b: air-pollution

Writer: Roberta Heydenber --Date: March 29, 2023

a: sex ~
b: music

Writer: The Catholic Wife --Date: March 29, 2023

a: dna-replication-leading-strand ~
b: zipper

Writer: carney --Date: March 29, 2023


a: wernicke-s-area ~
b: a-network-router

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 29, 2023

a: effective-nuclear-charge ~
b: looking-through-a-lampshade

Writer: Dalton Rowell et al. --Date: March 29, 2023

a: contentment ~
b: a-motorway-stop

Writer: Marquita Herald --Date: March 29, 2023


a: nuclear-fusion ~
b: sun-in-a-box

Writer: someone --Date: March 29, 2023

a: water-channel ~
b: small-hose

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 28, 2023

a: river ~
b: syrup

Writer: Gianna Russo --Date: March 28, 2023


a: cheating-on-a-test ~
b: cheating-on-a-spouse

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 28, 2023

a: cohesion ~
b: sticky-tape

Writer: Gergana Razhdeva --Date: March 28, 2023

a: college ~
b: apple-pie

Writer: Danielle Laban, NLU Director of Student Experience --Date: March 28, 2023


a: a-cell ~
b: a-prison

Writer: Mr. Overlin --Date: March 28, 2023

a: bullying ~
b: a-tide

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 28, 2023

a: tendon ~
b: a-large-cable

Writer: Kyrie O'Connor --Date: March 28, 2023


a: gene-expression ~
b: a-string-of-christmas-lights

Writer: Pinak Joshi --Date: March 28, 2023

a: family ~
b: zoo

Writer: Kylie Young --Date: March 28, 2023

a: london ~
b: some-huge-prehistoric-animal

Writer: Winston Churchill --Date: March 28, 2023


a: good-communication ~
b: glue

Writer: BARBARA PETERS --Date: March 28, 2023

a: student-debt ~
b: the-herpes-of-the-financial-world

Writer: Malforus --Date: March 28, 2023

a: student-debt ~
b: a-schoolyard-bully

Writer: Joe Mihalic --Date: March 28, 2023


a: capacitor ~
b: a-parking-lot

Writer: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. --Date: March 28, 2023

a: menstrual-cycle ~
b: fine-tuned-symphony

Writer: drlam --Date: March 28, 2023

a: giving-velazquez-a-clean-wall ~
b: giving-gretzky-an-empty-net

Writer: Patrick Boyle --Date: March 28, 2023


a: tonsils ~
b: belly-buttons

Writer: Peter J. Koltai MD, FACS, FAAP --Date: March 28, 2023

a: health-care-system ~
b: a-black-hole

Writer: Alan F. Kremen - --Date: March 28, 2023

a: health-care-system ~
b: a-casino-where-the-house-holds-all-the-cards

Writer: Steven Brill --Date: March 28, 2023


a: confidence ~
b: the-sun-in-the-universe-of-emotions

Writer: Colleen Panepitno --Date: March 28, 2023

a: stomach-acid ~
b: a-boiling-lava-pit

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 28, 2023

a: stomach-acid ~
b: a-lead-domino

Writer: Eileen Laird --Date: March 28, 2023


a: knowledge ~
b: water

Writer: Nilmini Wickramasinghe, ‎Rajeev K. Bali, ‎Brian Lehaney --Date: March 28, 2023

a: natural-gas ~
b: electricity

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 28, 2023

a: liquid ~
b: water

Writer: Karen Goat Keeper --Date: March 28, 2023


a: action-potential ~
b: a-wave-coming-over-the-bow-of-a-boat

Writer: Mark F. Bear et al. --Date: March 28, 2023

a: antigen ~
b: noun

Writer: Atlan and Cohen --Date: March 27, 2023

a: math-problem ~
b: a-half-court-shot

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 27, 2023


a: multitasking ~
b: continuous-partial-attention

Writer: Daniel Goleman --Date: March 27, 2023

a: knowledge ~
b: water

Writer: Nilmini Wickramasinghe, ‎Rajeev K. Bali, ‎Brian Lehaney --Date: March 27, 2023

a: sodium-potassium-pump ~
b: a-revolving-door

Writer: Paul A. Krieger --Date: March 27, 2023


a: stem-cell ~
b: playdoh

Writer: Curious Ashley --Date: March 27, 2023

a: identical-twins ~
b: music

Writer: Thomas J. Bouchard Jr. --Date: March 27, 2023

a: a-fallen-tree ~
b: a-free-playground

Writer: Rosie --Date: March 27, 2023


a: axon-terminal ~
b: the-root-system-of-a-tree

Writer: Rita Smilkstein --Date: March 27, 2023

a: layer-cake ~
b: laws-of-superposition

Writer: Janelle --Date: March 27, 2023

a: animal-abuse ~
b: multi-headed-hydra

Writer: Revd Professor Andrew Linzey --Date: March 27, 2023


a: saturated-fat ~
b: asking-about-the-war-in-iraq

Writer: Dr. Jonny Bowden --Date: March 27, 2023

a: conductor ~
b: mother

Writer: Kim Kyunghee --Date: March 27, 2023

a: protein-synthesis ~
b: factory-or-ipod

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 27, 2023


a: transitional-words ~
b: road-signs

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 26, 2023

a: nervous-system ~
b: tree

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 26, 2023

a: bad-man ~
b: middle-child

Writer: Shaughnessy Haynes --Date: March 26, 2023


a: infinity ~
b: the-olympic-games

Writer: Brian Clegg --Date: March 26, 2023

a: torque ~
b: amount-of-sand-per-shovelful

Writer: JimGnitecki --Date: March 26, 2023

a: chicago ~
b: marilyn-monroe

Writer: C Andrew Scott --Date: March 26, 2023


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